Great Southwest Classic (NM) Results

Hammer throwers from ten states gathered in Albuquerque on Friday to compete at the annual Great Southwest Classic. The competition is quickly becoming the top hammer meet in the west and this year it produced some big throws. Senior Haley Showalter (Valor Christian, Highlands Ranch, CO) highlighted the girl’s competition with a new nation-leading mark. Three of her throwers surpassed the old nation-leading mark, and her best throw of 191’0″ was just two feet off of her personal best from last year. Riley Scocco (Shorewood Christian, Seattle, WA) took second and Alexandra Collins (Cactus Shadows, Scottsdale, AZ) captured third.

The boy’s competition was led by a Texas state record of 208’11” from Joshua Hernandez (El Paso Del Valle, El Paso, TX). The throw also puts the junior in the national top 10 for 2015. Clay Campbell (Verrado, Buckeye, AZ) was just off of his best in second place, while Kolton Lindemann (Americas, El Paso, TX) threw a personal best for third.

           40th Great Southwest Track & Field Classic - 6/5/2015
              University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico                            
 
Boys Hammer Throw
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals          
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  1 Hernandez, Joshua D.      11 Texas,El Paso, TX       63.67m     208-11
  2 Campbell, Clay            12 Arizona,Buckeye, AZ     55.86m     183-03
  3 Lindemann, Kolton         10 Texas,Horizon City,     48.41m     158-10
  4 Hickel, Torrey            11 Arizona,Chandler, A     45.77m     150-02
  5 Henault, Trace            11 Kansas,Tecumseh, KS     43.62m     143-01
  6 Randall, Denton           12 Oklahoma,Bartlesvil     41.25m     135-04
  7 Widney, Riley              9 Arizona,Glendale, A     38.94m     127-09
  8 Ruh, Ethan                10 Nebraska,Omaha, NE      35.73m     117-03
  9 Ehler, Isaac              11 Texas,El Paso, TX       31.07m     101-11
  
Girls Hammer Throw
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals          
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  1 Showalter, Haley          12 Colorado,Lakewood,      58.22m     191-00
  2 Scocco, Riley             11 Washington,Seattle,     44.50m     146-00
  3 Collins, Alexandra        12 Arizona,Cave Creek,     41.88m     137-05
  4 Irish, Morgan             12 Arizona,Buckeye, AZ     39.78m     130-06
  5 Hernandez, Victoria        9 Texas,El Paso, TX       39.52m     129-08
  6 Ward, Shaelyn             10 Oklahoma,Sapulpa, O     39.50m     129-07
  7 Watkins, Alyssa           12 Arizona,Camp Verde,     39.45m     129-05
  8 Garren, Maia                 Utah                    38.61m     126-08
  9 McLaughlin, Keely         10 Oklahoma,Grove, OK      38.60m     126-08
 10 Kogan, Jamey              11 Arizona,Sierra Vist     36.92m     121-01
 11 Dahl, Darci               11 Utah,Logan, UT          32.11m     105-04
 12 Hunt, Morgan                 Texas                   31.44m     103-02
 13 Byers, Vanessa            11 Arizona,Hereford, A     29.58m      97-00
 14 Young, Kathleen           10 Illinois,Decatur, I     28.26m      92-08
 15 Jakich, Catherine         12 Illinois,Granite Ci     27.72m      90-11
 16 Flint, Brenn              11 Utah,Syracuse, UT       27.36m      89-09
 17 Meitzenheimer, Danielle   11 Illinois,Swansea, I     27.01m      88-07
 18 Rodriguez, Sierra         11 Arizona,Tucson, AZ      26.58m      87-02
 19 Nelson, Baylor            12 Oklahoma,Catoosa, O     26.21m      86-00
 20 Diem, Kate                10 New Mexico,Tijeras,     24.79m      81-04
 21 Keever, Cynthia           10 New Mexico,Albuquer     23.36m      76-08